Does it strike you as odd that a complex legal analysis of the anti-torture statute, or the FISA Act, that considers whether the President could violate those statutes would not even mention the Youngstown case?
Feingold questions the omission of Youngstown case in legal analyses concerning presidential authority.
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I found that troubling as well, and taking this idea of being careful way too far.
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